Happens way too often to me.
edit: I had no idea this was such a common issue!
Yes, except instead of reading it’s listening, and instead of fiction it’s whatever I was supposed to remember to do after work today.
Yep, some books I just can’t get into and it’s like I’m reading them but not taking in anything? I find this happens a lot with textbooks and documentation and I have to really try hard to focus on what I’m reading
That happens when I’m tired. Sometimes my head falls into the book as well, I see it as a subtle hint my body gives me to hit the bed.
This is why I have a hard time getting into or even reading books in general. I just… stop processing.
I used to read a lot more, and I do remember this happening, but it happens a lot for me now with podcasts. I’m a big podcast junkie and I will often find myself going down a rabbit hole of thought and realizing I have no idea what they’re talking about anymore.
So glad it’s not only me zoning out on podcasts. I haven’t been able to read a book in years. I’m hoping i can get back into reading again now that I nuked my reddit account
Not sure how common this is, but I know as a kid this was caused by my ADHD, and it would cause me to take twice as long to read a book
This sounds a lot like me. I have ADHD.
Were you watching me yesterday from inside my head?
I’m doing it reading these comments right now
I just read through the whole page, what comments are you talking about?
I’m reading and reading, but i still don’t understand what you are saying
Yup. So many times. I’ve to go back and reread those pages because my mind hasn’t registered what the words said.
I’ve reread so many pages and chapters because of this, sometimes even restarted books entirely
This is the only way I can read fiction, I can’t connect the words to build a story, also I’m bad with names so I have trouble keeping character stories straight in my mind. For non fiction on technical articles I do not have an issue.
I forget character names too. The X-Ray feature on many Kindle books helps a lot with that. You can just press a character’s name and check back previous references to them.
Yes! Just read the book Blood Meridian and then watched a 5 hour youtube video on it, turns out I missed a galaxy of subtext
This was me reading basically anything in English class years ago.
Can you stop calling my adhd ass out?
It happens to me too and I don’t think I have ADHD. Should I be diagnosed?
It’s when it happens in excess that it’s ADHD. ND disabilities (from my understanding I’m not a doctor) are typically normal things that everyone experiences that are happening in excess. Everyone fidgets with things, everyone’s mind wanders, it’s totally normal to be distracted, but when it’s frequent and severe enough to interrupt your daily obligations does it become a disability.
I struggle with learning how to program because I keep losing focus on what the code I’m writing does. I’m not diagnosed but it sure sounds like ADHD to me.
Interesting, I have adhd and am quite the opposite, I love coding too much, the hyper focus kicks in and I can’t not focus on my code, fk eating, or using the bathroom, I’ll burn through every break I was supposed to take. Best employee ever I guess lol yah gotta find your passion, the thing your adhd brain excels at (your superpower some call it) and make it your career, and then focusing won’t be an issue at all! (in that one area)
It’s normal if you have dylsexia/ADHD <3
